As I said yesterday, history would be in the making today. The state of Iowa has handed the first win to a black presidential candidate in United States history. Hillary Clinton, long touted as the so-called "front-runner" lost decisively as a distant third. As John Edwards so eloquently said, "the status quo lost and change won." He couldn't be more right. Barack Obama won a 93% white state (only 2% black) with 38% of the vote.

Obama - 38%
Edwards - 30%
Hillary - 29%

Here are some key points from tonight's results:

1. 57% of Obama's support came from voters aged 18-29; Hillary was supported by 45% by voters over 65

There's a clear generational gap and for the first time, young voters prevailed. The media says all the time how young voters do not show up and vote. They did and they did overwhelming for Barack Obama. People my age are taking control of the country away from the Baby Boomer generation that has failed us for so long.

2. Obama won among women: 35% Obama, 30% Clinton, 23% Edwards

Hillary was using the gender card most of this campaign. Women rejected her. Perhaps it was all of the negative campaigning that she employed, raising questions about Obama and drug use, digging through his kindergarten papers (literally), and using his theme of change when clearly voting for her could not bring that about.

3. 227,000 voters turned out to vote in the Democratic caucus alone. That's nearly double the turnout in 2004, and double the turnout of the Republicans in 2008. One word: amazing.

Why is that? Because Barack Obama has cross-party appeal that Hillary Clinton does not. Not only did Obama win among Democrats, he overwhelmingly won independents. Here's how independents voted:

Obama - 41%
Edwards - 23%
Hillary - 17%

4. The under 30 vote went the same way as the overall results of the top 3 Democrats and top 2 Republicans. In other words, younger voters are heavily influencing the process and reflect the overall outcome. More than half of caucus goers said it was their first time, and they broke for Obama 40% to 30% for Hillary. The next contest is in New Hampshire on Tuesday where independents can also vote in the primary. If they break for Obama like they did today, Hillary will lose overwhelmingly yet again and Obama will more than likely win the Democratic nomination.